Decision-making about healthcare related tests and diagnostic strategies: A systematic review shows limitations in most tools designed to assess quality and develop recommendations

To identify and describe critical appraisal tools designed for assessing the quality of evidence (QoE) and/or strength of recommendations (SoR) related to healthcare related tests and diagnostic strategies (HCTDS).

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - September 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Reem A. Mustafa, Wojtek Wiercioch, Maicon Falavigna, Yuan Zhang, Liudmila Ivanova, Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Adrienne Cheung, Barbara Prediger, Matthew Ventresca, Jan Brozek, Nancy Santesso, Patrick Bossuyt, Amit X. Garg, Nancy Lloyd, Monika Lelgemann, Di Tags: Original article Source Type: research